The Shenzhen experiment : the story of China's instant city / Juan Du.
By: Du, Juan (Author of Shenzhen experiment) [author.].
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, ©2020Description: 376 p: illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780674975286.Subject(s): Urban renewal -- China -- Shenzhen Shi | City planning -- China -- Shenzhen Shi | Shenzhen Shi (China) -- History | Shenzhen Jingji Tequ (Shenzhen Shi, China)Genre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | DS797.32.S446 D815 2020 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000016589 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The myth of Shenzhen -- Part I. National relevance: Song for the "Story of spring" -- The "southern tours" that changed China -- Part II. Regional history: Gateway city to the South China Sea -- Oysters of the Pearl River Delta -- Part III. City construction: Towers by the Hong Kong border -- Nail-house on "Wall Street" -- Part IV. District transformation: Corporate village in the central business district -- "Slum" in the high-tech garden city -- Conclusion: City of critical experimentation.
A rural borderland just forty years ago, today Shenzhen is a city of twenty million and a technology hub. This success is attributed to its status as a Special Economic Zone, but no other SEZs compare. Juan Du looks to the past to understand why. It turns out that Shenzhen is no prefab "instant city," but a place influenced by deep local history.--